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we can stay on the path we're on that president obama has put us on. it is a nation further in debt. it is a nation on the decline. or we could have a leader that will apply our founding principles and restore the american ideas and get people back to work. you see, president obama and other politicians like him in washington have become more focused on their next election than they have on the next generation. not us. we are not going to do that. we will lead. we want to earn your support. we want you to have a victory. when we went, we have the mandates, moral authority, to get this country back on track. it is very clear that president obama -- do you see that? do you have a medic coming? thank you very much. it is very clear that president obama inherited a difficult situation. there's no two ways about it. the problem is he made matters worse. this is why the president has run out of ideas. this is why the president is thought running on hope and change any more. he is running on anger and frustration, fear and smear. we are not going to do that.
we can stay on the path we're on that president obama has put us on. it is a nation further in debt. it is a nation on the decline. or we could have a leader that will apply our founding principles and restore the american ideas and get people back to work. you see, president obama and other politicians like him in washington have become more focused on their next election than they have on the next generation. not us. we are not going to do that. we will lead. we want to earn your support. we...
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obama never had a job in his life. on a more monism, i noticed that obama on friday celebrated ramadan with the muslims. does that make him a muslim? i don't know. i just do not understand these people when they complain all the time. you do they think is paying for all of the free gifts that obama is handing out? thank you. host: we have an editorial from this morning's "new york daily news." this is by a democratic strategist. you cannot borrow like ability on that front. he ultimately stands alone. he also goes on to say -- i gained real inside when working for john silber the democratic nominee for governor in massachusetts. he was a unique candidate, and non-politician who ran for office for the first time as the sitting president of boston university. atlanta, georgia, michael on our line for independents. caller: who was talking about hypocrisy? this is big for his father social security benefits when his father passed that an early age. i do not hold that against him, but when you look at the family business wh
obama never had a job in his life. on a more monism, i noticed that obama on friday celebrated ramadan with the muslims. does that make him a muslim? i don't know. i just do not understand these people when they complain all the time. you do they think is paying for all of the free gifts that obama is handing out? thank you. host: we have an editorial from this morning's "new york daily news." this is by a democratic strategist. you cannot borrow like ability on that front. he...
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>> obama-care >> barack obama when he ran for president in 2008. unfortunately, turn on your tv. that is exactly what president obama has become these days. you see, he cannot run on his record. we have 23 million people struggling for work. we have factories that are closed. we lost 600,000 manufacturing jobs since he took office. 38,000 in the last two months. we are going in the wrong direction. the economy was supposed to be growing twice as fast today. if only we had passed his plan. guess what? the obama economic agenda failed not because it was stopped. failed because it was passed. he came into congress with full control of washington. he had the house and the senate and the white house. and he passed his agenda. he passed his stimulus plan with all of the barn and the spending. it failed to create the jobs they said it would. then he turned his attention for a year and a half to have the government takeover of health care. then he turned his attention to an energy policy where you try to get a new national energy tax on all of our consumption. he did not get that one thr
>> obama-care >> barack obama when he ran for president in 2008. unfortunately, turn on your tv. that is exactly what president obama has become these days. you see, he cannot run on his record. we have 23 million people struggling for work. we have factories that are closed. we lost 600,000 manufacturing jobs since he took office. 38,000 in the last two months. we are going in the wrong direction. the economy was supposed to be growing twice as fast today. if only we had passed his...
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are they going to go and vote for obama? >> can you conceive the republican convention where they do not nominate mitt romney at this point, no matter what he says at immigration? what is the downside for him? in terms of the general election, the people who are opposed for immigration are not going to vote for barack obama anyway. there is no downside. i would argue the same thing is true for barack obama. >> you can watch that entire event tomorrow at 5:00 eastern. >> i started as a copy boy at the new york times. i was in a training program after i got out of the army for "the wall street journal." "washington post" columnist walter pincus talks about his career as a journalist. >> they build a facility for the band, which is about 40 people. it has separate rooms for everybody. if you spend $4 million on an elementary school, somebody would raise questions. >> more sunday night at 8:00, on "q&a." >> on your screen, singer lee greenwood, who performed a campaign event in florida for congressman and vice presidential nomin
are they going to go and vote for obama? >> can you conceive the republican convention where they do not nominate mitt romney at this point, no matter what he says at immigration? what is the downside for him? in terms of the general election, the people who are opposed for immigration are not going to vote for barack obama anyway. there is no downside. i would argue the same thing is true for barack obama. >> you can watch that entire event tomorrow at 5:00 eastern. >> i...
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. >> president obama was in chicago today for several fund- raising events. he commented on mitt romney's choice of paul ryan as his running mate. tomorrow, the president begins a three-day bus tour across iowa. this event is about half an hour. >> chicago looks good. i am now 51. michele says i do not look a day over 50. there are a couple people i want to acknowledge. thank you so much. thank you for all that you do. everybody on the host committee, thank you for the great job that you do. we just had the olympics closing ceremony and we could not be prouder of for u.s. athletes. bringing home the gold, conducting themselves as we would hope -- they did an outstanding job. all of you look like pretty smart folks. unless your cable is broken, it's you know we have a pretty intense campaign going on right now. the reason this is such an intense campaign is because we could not have a bigger choice in front of us down the one we face in november. it is not just a choice between two candidates or to political parties. more than any other election, this is a cho
. >> president obama was in chicago today for several fund- raising events. he commented on mitt romney's choice of paul ryan as his running mate. tomorrow, the president begins a three-day bus tour across iowa. this event is about half an hour. >> chicago looks good. i am now 51. michele says i do not look a day over 50. there are a couple people i want to acknowledge. thank you so much. thank you for all that you do. everybody on the host committee, thank you for the great job...
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reelected barack obama. when we think about what is at stake, which cannot be involved unless we are registered to vote. on monday, october 15, that is the registration deadline for virginia. you cannot be part of this process, as you can. you think about what is at stake. many of us have been traveling through virginia. some of us were down in north carolina. usually, you go around and somebody will hand out a lot of different business cards. during that stop, she stopped and she was about to turn around. she realized there was a card in her hand, it was a health insurance card. the woman said that i have cancer. they told me that i have cancer, eye and a pre-existing condition. because of the president, i now have health care and i am now cancer free. i just wanted to say thank you. for the people of the great commonwealth of virginia, for the next 24 days, this is 24 for 44. give 24 hours a day for the next president. remind our families of what is at stake in this election. we cannot go backwards to the
reelected barack obama. when we think about what is at stake, which cannot be involved unless we are registered to vote. on monday, october 15, that is the registration deadline for virginia. you cannot be part of this process, as you can. you think about what is at stake. many of us have been traveling through virginia. some of us were down in north carolina. usually, you go around and somebody will hand out a lot of different business cards. during that stop, she stopped and she was about to...
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♪ >> president obama will start his three-day bus tour around iowa tomorrow. join us for live coverage at 12:25 eastern on c-span. >> at the idea that we are in this together. regardless of who we are or where we come from, each of us counts. by working together, to create opportunity and a good life for all, all of us are enriched as citizens and as human beings. >> my opponent will not rule out raising taxes, but i will. they will push and i will say no. read my lips, no new taxes. >> c-span has aired every minute of every party convention since 1984. watch the national conventions live on c-span starting august 27. >> mitt romney and his newly announced running mate paul ryan continued their campaign tour today in wisconsin. they attended a homecoming rally. this is about 40 minutes. >> just like everybody in this crowd, everybody here tonight, i can promise you we are not here tonight because we are worried about the future of the republican party. we are here tonight together because we are concerned about the future of america. i happen to believe that w
♪ >> president obama will start his three-day bus tour around iowa tomorrow. join us for live coverage at 12:25 eastern on c-span. >> at the idea that we are in this together. regardless of who we are or where we come from, each of us counts. by working together, to create opportunity and a good life for all, all of us are enriched as citizens and as human beings. >> my opponent will not rule out raising taxes, but i will. they will push and i will say no. read my lips, no...
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president obama wants to take us further in the wrong direction. he remains committed to taking more and more and the paychecks of hard-working americans, not to pay down debt, but to pursue more government spending. we propose an overhaul of the tax code to make it more simple and competitive. [applause] the lower rates across the board. the economy grows and because we propose to close a special interests loopholes that go to the well off. when we lowered tax rates by closing special interest to polls, we are saying, washington should not micromanage decisions through the tax code. let them and keep the hard earned money and decide how to spend it. we need the tax reform to get our economy moving again. in the last four years, millions of americans have simply stopped looking for work. if the labor force participation was the same as it was when president obama took office, the unemployment rate would be 11% today. we're heading toward a new norm of european unemployment level because administration's idea for job growth has simply failed. we wil
president obama wants to take us further in the wrong direction. he remains committed to taking more and more and the paychecks of hard-working americans, not to pay down debt, but to pursue more government spending. we propose an overhaul of the tax code to make it more simple and competitive. [applause] the lower rates across the board. the economy grows and because we propose to close a special interests loopholes that go to the well off. when we lowered tax rates by closing special interest...
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are you willing to compromise with senate democrats and president obama to get grand bargain? won't republicans need to allow tax revenues to be part of the conversation? >> i don't think we're going to have a big grand global bargain, only because i think we're just so far apart on issues like health care. now, we are putting our budget out there, as our starting point. we submitted a budget that literally balances the budget and pays off the debt and reforms entitlement programs to make them safe, sure and solvent. we have yet to see anything from the president or senate democrats that comes close to solving this problem. as far as who is putting plans and details out there, we've already done that. we're waiting for our partners on the other side of the aisle to contribute something. do we have to have some compromise in this, of course we do. but the way we look at revenues is if we look at revenues as a source to fix this problem, then it takes pressure off the problem, which is spending. spending is the problem that is the source of the problem, we need to address that.
are you willing to compromise with senate democrats and president obama to get grand bargain? won't republicans need to allow tax revenues to be part of the conversation? >> i don't think we're going to have a big grand global bargain, only because i think we're just so far apart on issues like health care. now, we are putting our budget out there, as our starting point. we submitted a budget that literally balances the budget and pays off the debt and reforms entitlement programs to make...
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let's be clear -- president obama did not pause this crisis. years of empty promises from both parties part as to this moment. regrettably, this president was unwilling to advance credible solutions to the problem. his response to the financial crisis? we need policies to shrink in the foundations of our free market economy. what we got was the opposite. we needed single-minded focus on restoring economic growth. after the needed aftermath in the late 2008, we needed to restore real accountability in the financial sector and clean up the mess. we needed to restore the principle that those who seek to reap the gains in our economy also bear the full risk of the losses. [applause] we need policies to control our debt after directories so that families and businesses could confidently invest in our future. instead, the white house and the last congress enacted an agenda that made matters worse. they mispent hundreds of millions of dollars. on the country number one priority was to get the economy back on track, they made their number one priority
let's be clear -- president obama did not pause this crisis. years of empty promises from both parties part as to this moment. regrettably, this president was unwilling to advance credible solutions to the problem. his response to the financial crisis? we need policies to shrink in the foundations of our free market economy. what we got was the opposite. we needed single-minded focus on restoring economic growth. after the needed aftermath in the late 2008, we needed to restore real...
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obama was their president 5 1% to 41% over mit romney. this is about 40 minutes. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> thank you so much for coming out everybody. thank you so much. thank you so much. thank you pinkerton academy for hosting us here. let's get our way to prosperity. oil, gas, coal, nuclears, all of the above. the obama administration is standing in the way of what could be an exciting explosion of energy. we have so much coal, so much oil and gas that we know how to get without harming the environment. this puts people to work, this creates manufacturing jobs. it helps people heat their homes warmer in the winter, coomer in the summer. that means people living on fixed income have more income to live on. this is important because with an energy policy like the keystone pipeline, like opening up our lands for development, we can put americans back to work and stop giving money overseas to the middle east. it helps our foreign policy, it helps our economy, it helps our pay checks. [applause] another area, as i mentioned, you have all these people
obama was their president 5 1% to 41% over mit romney. this is about 40 minutes. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> thank you so much for coming out everybody. thank you so much. thank you so much. thank you pinkerton academy for hosting us here. let's get our way to prosperity. oil, gas, coal, nuclears, all of the above. the obama administration is standing in the way of what could be an exciting explosion of energy. we have so much coal, so much oil and gas that we know how to get without harming the...
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president obama is counting on you. students who cannot afford college education are counting on you. the senior said cannot afford to buy their life-saving prescriptions without obama are counting on us. the middle class families are working hard every day to put food on the kitchen table. they are counting on us. i know you will help us finish the change that we started in 2008. thank you, everyone. we appreciate you being here. [applause] for everyone, thank you for being here. now we have work to do. now we have to finish the job you have no excuse. you are here. we want you to sign up. we want you to get engaged appeared for everyone here, we want to make sure you sign up for a shift to do voter registration. we have people ready to get people involved. we need everyone to sign up for another shift after that. text va to 62262 or go to two different websites, gotta vote.com. you will go there and get information. or va.barackobama.com seeking get involved with this movement. anyone that is twitter, our va do you ca
president obama is counting on you. students who cannot afford college education are counting on you. the senior said cannot afford to buy their life-saving prescriptions without obama are counting on us. the middle class families are working hard every day to put food on the kitchen table. they are counting on us. i know you will help us finish the change that we started in 2008. thank you, everyone. we appreciate you being here. [applause] for everyone, thank you for being here. now we have...
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it is time we reelect president obama barack obama into the white house. [applause] let us now go forward from detroit. let us march. let us re-nominate president obama barack obama. [applause] god is blessing our country. we are democrats for america. [cheers and applause] with that, as a co-chair of the dnc, i ask this great body as its last action, would you please entertain a motion to adjourn? the ayes have it. this concludes the platform committee. you are adjourned. god bless president barack obama and god bless america. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> president obama traveled to chicago yesterday where he will hold five campaign events later today. join us for live coverage of his campaign fund raiser at 4:30 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> it is the idea that we are in this together, that regardless of who we are or where we come from or how much money we have, each of us counts. by working together, to create opportunity and a good life for all, all of us are enri
it is time we reelect president obama barack obama into the white house. [applause] let us now go forward from detroit. let us march. let us re-nominate president obama barack obama. [applause] god is blessing our country. we are democrats for america. [cheers and applause] with that, as a co-chair of the dnc, i ask this great body as its last action, would you please entertain a motion to adjourn? the ayes have it. this concludes the platform committee. you are adjourned. god bless president...
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obama did not live up to that. the perception is that argument alone is not going to do anything. >> i agree. >> the republicans miss a big opportunity? >> they spent $100 million on negative ads in swing states this summer sort of refraining who romney is. they were enormously effective. they happen without any real organized response coming from the other side. one of the things i learned as a candid it is that races are partially about selling your story, making your case, framingham you are, but it's also about realizing the other side is going to do everything they can to frame u.s. something you do not think you are or you are not. my wife and i and my kids used to watch some of the stuff on tv during my race and they would just laugh. they would look at the tv and laugh. i would say to them, i know you think it's funny - [laughter] very lot of people who do not know me from adam and probably believe it. >> that does mean to get to spend more time with your kids. >> the most interesting thing to me about the
obama did not live up to that. the perception is that argument alone is not going to do anything. >> i agree. >> the republicans miss a big opportunity? >> they spent $100 million on negative ads in swing states this summer sort of refraining who romney is. they were enormously effective. they happen without any real organized response coming from the other side. one of the things i learned as a candid it is that races are partially about selling your story, making your case,...
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or debate obama. it was kind of amazing. all of those things i heard him say before, i did not hear him say again. my grandfather from scranton used to say be where -- beware of the converted. he sure sounded converted, didn't he, during that debate? what happened to mitt romney? as my granddaughter might say, maybe casper the friendly ghost took him. i don't know. [laughter] look, i hear is the truth. they have made it very clear they do not have the same view on women's rights as we do. on women's health, they want to give the power back to the insurance companies were they can charge 50% more than men. when the governor was asked in the second debate, how do you feel about equal pay for equal work, what did he do? he started to talk about binders. binders. binders of qualified women he learned were out there. we call that an epiphany in the catholic church. we never did learn if he believes women are entitled to equal pay for equal work. barack obama and i are committed to equal pay. we are absolut
or debate obama. it was kind of amazing. all of those things i heard him say before, i did not hear him say again. my grandfather from scranton used to say be where -- beware of the converted. he sure sounded converted, didn't he, during that debate? what happened to mitt romney? as my granddaughter might say, maybe casper the friendly ghost took him. i don't know. [laughter] look, i hear is the truth. they have made it very clear they do not have the same view on women's rights as we do. on...
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[laughter] no one disputes that president obama inherited a difficult situation. and in his first two years with his party in complete control of washington, he passed nearly every item on his agenda but that did not make things better. we find ourselves in a nation facing debt, doubt, and despair. this is the worst economic recovery in 70 years. unemployment has been above 8% for more than three years. the law this month since the great depression. -- the longest run since the great depression. nearly one out of six americans are in poverty. the worst rate in a generation. moms and dads are strictly to make ends meet. household incomes have dropped more than $4,000 over the past four years. whatever the explanation, but ever the excuse is, this is a record of failure. [applause] president obama and too many like him in washington have refused to make difficult decisions because there are more worried about their next election than they are about the next generation. [applause] we might have been able to get away with that before but not now. we are in a different
[laughter] no one disputes that president obama inherited a difficult situation. and in his first two years with his party in complete control of washington, he passed nearly every item on his agenda but that did not make things better. we find ourselves in a nation facing debt, doubt, and despair. this is the worst economic recovery in 70 years. unemployment has been above 8% for more than three years. the law this month since the great depression. -- the longest run since the great...
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barack obama has been president for the last four years. why have his polices not produced more economic growth? i think it's because he relies too much on government, he's never been in the private sector, really, doesn't understand the private sector, and believes that government is the engine of growth, and that's what he's tried to do for three years. government is not the engine. government can help. but it's the private sector and especially small business, that creates jobs. and it's been his polices that are smothering business and small business especially. host: the lead item in this morning's miami herald is an analysis talking about how ryan could hurt romney in florida is the headline, the subhead reads paul ryan's plans to retool medicare pose challenges in florida, as does his one time opposition to the cuban embargo, a stance anathema to many americans. guest: when marco rubio, senator from florida, was running two years ago, his primary opponent tried to tag him as being antimedicare and antisocial security because he has a
barack obama has been president for the last four years. why have his polices not produced more economic growth? i think it's because he relies too much on government, he's never been in the private sector, really, doesn't understand the private sector, and believes that government is the engine of growth, and that's what he's tried to do for three years. government is not the engine. government can help. but it's the private sector and especially small business, that creates jobs. and it's...
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president obama was in chicago today for a fundraising event. there was an event here at the bridgeport art center. he commented on the mitt romney choice of paul ryan as his running mate and talked about when he calls the two visions for moving the country forward. tomorrow, the president begins a three-day bus tour across iowa iowa. this event is about half an hour. >> chicago looks good. and all of you look good. >> ♪ happy birthday to you happy birthday to you ♪ [cheers and applause] >> thank you. thank you very much. it is true. i am now 51. [cheers and applause] michelle, you are, too. you look better than i do. michelle says i do not look a day over 50. there are a couple of people i want to acknowledge. first of all, thank you so much, d.j. thank you so much. my great friend, for all that you do. committee, thank you for the great job you do. now, we just had the olympics' closing ceremony, and we could not be prouder of our american athletes, bringing home the gold, conducting themselves as we would hope that somebody would conduct
president obama was in chicago today for a fundraising event. there was an event here at the bridgeport art center. he commented on the mitt romney choice of paul ryan as his running mate and talked about when he calls the two visions for moving the country forward. tomorrow, the president begins a three-day bus tour across iowa iowa. this event is about half an hour. >> chicago looks good. and all of you look good. >> ♪ happy birthday to you happy birthday to you ♪ [cheers and...
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i voted for obama even before he became a state senator. if someone tells you something that is not true, it is a lie. i do not understand why it is hard to call a person what they are? host: the president left washington today and headed for chicago. he has a fundraiser coming up. we will bring that to you live, up on c-span tomorrow afternoon. president obama's campaign after the announcement of paul ryan was good to release a tv ad. we will give you a look and get your reaction. [video clip] >> our entire tax system. >> i think it would be marvelous if the senate picked up paul ryan's budget and to adopt it. >> the paul ryan and medicare plan would turn medicare into a voucher system. >> the paul ryan budget would cut aid to the elderly and children. >> it would cut pell grants to students and caused millions of students. >> of the cuts are dramatic. they are painful. >> it is a 4.3 trillion dollars tax cut to the wealthiest in the country. >> if mitt romney became president, you believe that he would follow through with a lot of the red
i voted for obama even before he became a state senator. if someone tells you something that is not true, it is a lie. i do not understand why it is hard to call a person what they are? host: the president left washington today and headed for chicago. he has a fundraiser coming up. we will bring that to you live, up on c-span tomorrow afternoon. president obama's campaign after the announcement of paul ryan was good to release a tv ad. we will give you a look and get your reaction. [video clip]...
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president obama is not a bad guy. no. president obama is not a bad guy. he is good at giving great speeches. he is just really bad at creating jobs. [applause] here is the problem. when you think that the road to success and prosperity is more borrowing, more spending, more taxing, off more regulating, a government-centered society with a government-run economy, these are the kinds of results that we get. if we want the next four years to be any different than the last four years, which need a different president. [applause] now, four years ago, president obama said if you do not have a record to run on, then you pay your opponent as someone that people should run from. guess what? that is exactly what he is doing today. so, let's take a look at where we are. we got some pretty disappointing news just today. you know, we learned today that for every person who got a job, nearly four people stop looking for a job. they gave up. we cannot keep doing this. our economy needs to correct just 150,000 jobs every month just to keep up with the growth of our popul
president obama is not a bad guy. no. president obama is not a bad guy. he is good at giving great speeches. he is just really bad at creating jobs. [applause] here is the problem. when you think that the road to success and prosperity is more borrowing, more spending, more taxing, off more regulating, a government-centered society with a government-run economy, these are the kinds of results that we get. if we want the next four years to be any different than the last four years, which need a...
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the gop will critique obama. the upcoming republican national convention will feature testimonials who worked mitt romney in his local church. the most -- the biggest discussion yet of romney's faith. someone who followed him as a leader of the community will talk about what it was like to fill governor romney's shoes. others will be people who run the health at different times in their lives. the campaign plans to tell from the's story in a complete way. it will include -- plans to tell romney's story in a complete way. we will see this on tuesday because things are being pushed back because of the weather. we can do better will feature speakers addressing the failures of the obama economy. the themes are being retooled as we look at the schedule changes. here is what we can see from the washington post at this point on how things are coming together. republicans announced that the first day of events would be canceled. they said they would wait to figure out how they would proceed. they will decide when to star
the gop will critique obama. the upcoming republican national convention will feature testimonials who worked mitt romney in his local church. the most -- the biggest discussion yet of romney's faith. someone who followed him as a leader of the community will talk about what it was like to fill governor romney's shoes. others will be people who run the health at different times in their lives. the campaign plans to tell from the's story in a complete way. it will include -- plans to tell...
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it is very clear that president obama inherited a difficult situation. there's no two ways about it. the problem is he made matters worse. this is why the president has run out of ideas. this is why the president is thought running on hope and change any more. he is running on anger and frustration, fear and smear. we are not going to do that. we need a real leadership. let me tell you about the man who is about to be the next president of the united states. his name is mitt romney. i do not think i have seen a time where the man and the moment have met so perfectly. to everything he has done in his life has prepared him to provide the kind of leadership we need. look at the beautiful family he has raised. do you remember the olympics in the 1990's? when they needed someone to turn it around, of who did salt lake call? they called mitt romney and he turned it around. we thank him for that leadership. he helped turn around struggling businesses. he helped create great businesses we know now, sports authority, staples. this is a man who actually created jo
it is very clear that president obama inherited a difficult situation. there's no two ways about it. the problem is he made matters worse. this is why the president has run out of ideas. this is why the president is thought running on hope and change any more. he is running on anger and frustration, fear and smear. we are not going to do that. we need a real leadership. let me tell you about the man who is about to be the next president of the united states. his name is mitt romney. i do not...
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she told the the regulations, taxes, obama care, and the effects of the obama economy put is out of business. -- put her out of business. i want to help the hundreds of thousands of these and dreamers like her, and i will. you know, by the way, if the president were to be reelected, he will say anything he has to get your support and make you think he will improve our schools. so your kids would have the same schools with the same results. when i am president i will be a voice to the children and their parents, because they do not have a union at the bpa. i want to make sure parents have the information they need to know if a school is succeeding or not, and i want them to have the choice of the school they believe is right for their child's future. when i was governor of my state, we took our schools to the top of the nation by working together. listening to the good buys from our teachers. people who dedicated their lives to listening to their kids and always putting the students first. and education first. i will do the same thing as president. the last few months of the campaign is gathe
she told the the regulations, taxes, obama care, and the effects of the obama economy put is out of business. -- put her out of business. i want to help the hundreds of thousands of these and dreamers like her, and i will. you know, by the way, if the president were to be reelected, he will say anything he has to get your support and make you think he will improve our schools. so your kids would have the same schools with the same results. when i am president i will be a voice to the children...
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his name is barack obama." i said, wow. what do you want me to meet him -- why do you want me to meet him? she said, he just came back from harvard law school. she said "i think this guy could be president of the united states son the." -- someday." she knows how to spot winners. >> did you know that? >> no, i knew he was a real bright, motivated by. that did strike me right away. but i did not think immediately this man could be president of united states. the likelihood of a man named barack obama being elected president in 1992 seemed a somewhat remote prospect. but in the legislature he worked on very difficult issues -- death penalty reform, racial profiling, a series of health care issues. it was clear that he had something special. in 2002, he called me and told me he was going to run for the united states senate. there were other candidates asking for my help, but i really felt like if i could help to theget elected senate, that is something i would be proud of for my whole life. he started off well behind. and clos
his name is barack obama." i said, wow. what do you want me to meet him -- why do you want me to meet him? she said, he just came back from harvard law school. she said "i think this guy could be president of the united states son the." -- someday." she knows how to spot winners. >> did you know that? >> no, i knew he was a real bright, motivated by. that did strike me right away. but i did not think immediately this man could be president of united states. the...
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[applause] president obama has put our nation on the path of that -- debt and doubt. it is up to us to get this country back on the right track. that is the kind of leadership mitt romney will provide for our country. [applause] in no, the problem we have had is -- you know, the problem we have had as president obama and politicians have been more concerned about their next election than they have been about the next generation. that has to end. [applause] we need leaders. i see my buddy. you need to send him to the senate so we can turn the place around as well. [applause] we will lead. we will honor you, our fellow citizens, by respecting you and giving you a clear choice of two futures. we will not duck the tough issues. we will lead. we wil take responsibility. we will not try to transform this country into something it was never intended to be. we will not try to replace our founding principles. we will reapply our founding principles. [applause] you know, over the last few years, we have seen a good glimpse of what president obama thinks and believes, where he t
[applause] president obama has put our nation on the path of that -- debt and doubt. it is up to us to get this country back on the right track. that is the kind of leadership mitt romney will provide for our country. [applause] in no, the problem we have had is -- you know, the problem we have had as president obama and politicians have been more concerned about their next election than they have been about the next generation. that has to end. [applause] we need leaders. i see my buddy. you...
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the obama campaign has done things that are negative. and the rivals have done things that have given him an image not as favorable as many nominees in their convention. he starts in a deficit when he comes here. but the truth even though he's run for a long time, he's not that well known. and he's got the opportunity for people to say, i will take a fresh look at him. and if i like what i see, i will vote for him. >> what do you expect and what the romney campaign is telling you? >> one thing they said is the most important goal in tampa is for him to be seen at the end of this convention as someone with the leadership capability and the know-how to do something about the economy. they recognize that president obama has a greater advantage on this issue we call likeability. i don't think they are going to win that or that they have to win that. during the week one thing they want to do is fill in his bio. he's known for the most part of someone that ran a private equity fund. that has positives and negatives to deal with. and at their e
the obama campaign has done things that are negative. and the rivals have done things that have given him an image not as favorable as many nominees in their convention. he starts in a deficit when he comes here. but the truth even though he's run for a long time, he's not that well known. and he's got the opportunity for people to say, i will take a fresh look at him. and if i like what i see, i will vote for him. >> what do you expect and what the romney campaign is telling you?...
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i voted for president obama. romney has his own negativity. the democrats are used to know like the reagan democrats and the kennedy democrats, they are so progressive now. it is no more in the middle. they are so far left or right. it is so vicious. they hate each other. it is horrible. i am going to vote for romney because i think he stands for better ideas. the professor said romney wants ryan's plan. if he is president, he will not change a thing. you can read the bill on line. host: we will leave it there. anything to add to what she has to say? >> i think that is common among many voters. the center is not holding. we're seeing extreme elements taking hold of the parties. we do not have been moderate consensus anymore. that is not a prescription for our political future. host: florida, suzy. caller: i was wondering if you can talk about the iowa delegation rule change. it seems like they are screwing ron paul on delegates. i will be voting for him. to me, romney is just like obama. i think ron paul is the person that brings in a lot of p
i voted for president obama. romney has his own negativity. the democrats are used to know like the reagan democrats and the kennedy democrats, they are so progressive now. it is no more in the middle. they are so far left or right. it is so vicious. they hate each other. it is horrible. i am going to vote for romney because i think he stands for better ideas. the professor said romney wants ryan's plan. if he is president, he will not change a thing. you can read the bill on line. host: we...
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let us re-nominate president obama barack obama. and joe biden. let us keep on moving until we get to november. let us declare again that god has blessed our country. [applause] god is blessing our country. we are democrats for america. [cheers and applause] with that, as a co-chair of the dnc, i ask this great body as its last action, would you please entertain a motion to adjourn? all in favor say aye. opposed? the ayes have it. this concludes the platform committee. you are adjourned. may god bless president barack obama and god bless america. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> tomorrow "washington journal," frank donatelli will talk about the republicans' message to voters. then author and scholar joel goldstein. and a look at the logistics' of withdrawing from afghanistan with the new york times reporter graham bowley. light at 7:00 eastern here on c- span. >> it is the idea we are in this together. regardless of who we are how much money we have, each of us coun
let us re-nominate president obama barack obama. and joe biden. let us keep on moving until we get to november. let us declare again that god has blessed our country. [applause] god is blessing our country. we are democrats for america. [cheers and applause] with that, as a co-chair of the dnc, i ask this great body as its last action, would you please entertain a motion to adjourn? all in favor say aye. opposed? the ayes have it. this concludes the platform committee. you are adjourned. may...
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guest: we endorsed president obama. we felt when we look at the two candidates' positions side by side, the president was a little more realistic. we also like his more balanced approach to energy. we are in favor of obamacare. the editorial board was in favor of a public option. it did not go far enough for us. on social issues from immigration reform to women pose a health rights to birth control issues, the editorial board aligns more with the president's policies. voters are being asked by both candidates to take a leap of faith. given what we know about the previous four years, we decided it was an easier bet to go with the president for four more. host: how many times of using -- have you seen president obama or governor romney or their surrogates in your state? guest: president obama has been here six times this year. mitt romney has been here 6. joe biden has been here once. >> will break away here and take you to englewood, colorado for mitt and ann romney. live coverage here on c-span. ♪ ♪ >> i was born fr
guest: we endorsed president obama. we felt when we look at the two candidates' positions side by side, the president was a little more realistic. we also like his more balanced approach to energy. we are in favor of obamacare. the editorial board was in favor of a public option. it did not go far enough for us. on social issues from immigration reform to women pose a health rights to birth control issues, the editorial board aligns more with the president's policies. voters are being asked by...
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because i love barack obama. the first time i met him as when he came to florida in february of 2009. he came here because he wanted to help our public-school teachers, he wanted to help our law enforcement officers, he wanted to help our fire fighters. it was the recovery act. when i was your governor, the last two years were the first two years of his presidency. this president came here to help us. we were looking at a hole in our budget deeper than the marriott entrenched. -- mariana trench. the president was talking about the stimulus come of their group -- recovery act, and he got it done. one man came here and got it done, president barack obama. but he did not stop there. about a year after that, florida had the most serious environmental disaster in the history of our country. the bp oil spill. guess who came back to help us again? obama. he was here it day after day and just like he was doing in new jersey in the northeast. and you know what, he did not care i was a republican. he did not care that chri
because i love barack obama. the first time i met him as when he came to florida in february of 2009. he came here because he wanted to help our public-school teachers, he wanted to help our law enforcement officers, he wanted to help our fire fighters. it was the recovery act. when i was your governor, the last two years were the first two years of his presidency. this president came here to help us. we were looking at a hole in our budget deeper than the marriott entrenched. -- mariana...
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obama is concerned about intensity. factoring in the unemployment numbers, the fact that black people -- i think some of this trayvon martin issue is a culmination of so much. there are so many african americans who are disenchanted by so many things. they are scared to speak out. they fear it could hurt the president. this trayvon martin issue has evolved into a lot of things. this placed anxiety, the perfect term. -- displace anxiety, the perfect term. there are several factors that black america needs to face. why am i going to the polls? the big moment is gone. this is what black america have to deal with. >> let me ishaqi by saying something about voter i.d.. -- let me shock you by saying something about voter i.d. it does not bother me. let me say why. whenever i hear somebody say that and i d requirement is oppressive, i have to ask the question, how many times are we asked to present id in the course of citizenship? the department of justice is challenging voter i.d. laws. you cannot get into the department of j
obama is concerned about intensity. factoring in the unemployment numbers, the fact that black people -- i think some of this trayvon martin issue is a culmination of so much. there are so many african americans who are disenchanted by so many things. they are scared to speak out. they fear it could hurt the president. this trayvon martin issue has evolved into a lot of things. this placed anxiety, the perfect term. -- displace anxiety, the perfect term. there are several factors that black...
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appointed by obama. this is like shooting yourself in the head. it is not a budget is a disaster. >> read the bill. if he will read the bill, he will find the language specifically that says, this act shall serve as the budget resolution for the fiscal year. this act shall serve zero as the budget resolution and it lays out the next year. you can read the bill and you can read the budget in the bell. go on my website and you can read it. guess what happened this year. the appropriators followed it. we cut direct payments, which was hard for many farmers to swallow. it was a hard vote in the senate. the farm bill is essential to missouri. we need to get at the work of getting the farm bill done. >> jonathan dine, did you want 45 seconds on the deficit? >> i am ok. >> this will have to be our last question. >> the trust for america's health -- researchers estimate the projected increase in obesity rates will cost the united states $550 billion between now and 2013. what policies, if any, do you believe the
appointed by obama. this is like shooting yourself in the head. it is not a budget is a disaster. >> read the bill. if he will read the bill, he will find the language specifically that says, this act shall serve as the budget resolution for the fiscal year. this act shall serve zero as the budget resolution and it lays out the next year. you can read the bill and you can read the budget in the bell. go on my website and you can read it. guess what happened this year. the appropriators...
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>> i think they will take just as many votes away from barack obama. i know he is a libertarian type. people are very frustrated with this president. i think any third-party candidates give an opportunity for otherwise, on both sides, barack obama supporters to go the other direction. i am not too worried about that on our side. i think we have done a very good job in states like virginia, ohio, wisconsin, of educating voters. that is what we do. we are the army on the ground. if we cannot communicate to those voters and drive them to the polls, we are not doing our job. we know what our job is. i think everybody will understand that this is a choice election between two people. >> we will be the one network providing gavel-to-gavel coverage. what is your role as yours watch what is happening here in tampa -- what would you be doing? >> we are running the convention. obviously we got a lot of good help, a lot of professional people to do it. i will be conducting a business starting on tuesday. the nomination, the platform, the rules -- in the evening i
>> i think they will take just as many votes away from barack obama. i know he is a libertarian type. people are very frustrated with this president. i think any third-party candidates give an opportunity for otherwise, on both sides, barack obama supporters to go the other direction. i am not too worried about that on our side. i think we have done a very good job in states like virginia, ohio, wisconsin, of educating voters. that is what we do. we are the army on the ground. if we...
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obama claims he wants to restore some of the. he has not made in a single permanent, so why do you believe he would want to let anyone keep fat. he said he wants to tax some people but that is a tax increase, so right now it looks like the house would take the senate in 2012 because they only need four seats. only 10 republicans are up. the only one the democrats might be able to beat is scott brown. of the 23 states where democrats have to win more than half of them could easily go republican, so you are looking at a republican house and senate, which allows a massive tax increase. good>> loves to talk about including some comments made about you last -- lots to talk about including some comments made calls in first. caller: i need a minute. first, i want to remind everyone that mr. norquist said that people can give up charities if they're stupid enough to give money away. if he were in venezuela, his job would be dictator. i hurting just the last week for so saying that you're not concerned to the president might be as long as
obama claims he wants to restore some of the. he has not made in a single permanent, so why do you believe he would want to let anyone keep fat. he said he wants to tax some people but that is a tax increase, so right now it looks like the house would take the senate in 2012 because they only need four seats. only 10 republicans are up. the only one the democrats might be able to beat is scott brown. of the 23 states where democrats have to win more than half of them could easily go republican,...
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account of obama care. middle eastern kentucky, west virginia, pennsylvania is dedicated -- devastated on account of obama. i am a democrat, but i will definitely vote for the wrong date. host: are you a mineworker? what is your average salary? caller: about 120,000 per year. is 0 now. host: lost your job? caller: yes. he said he would destroy a anyone who worked with col. he is pretty much done it. no one can get a mine permit. the cannot get a permit to run a preparation plant. host: were you laid off? caller: yes. 80,000-90,000. the fuel people are laid off. everyone related to coal is laid off. use of the car industry down and then and iran -- that everyone suffers. host: independent calller in florida. caller: 22,000 people in hollywood, florida. you said you heard, but really did not see it yourself. you are showing the camera, but you are showing a closed camera. you could really see how many people were there. there were hardly less than 2000 people there. there were more than 3500 people at the mit
account of obama care. middle eastern kentucky, west virginia, pennsylvania is dedicated -- devastated on account of obama. i am a democrat, but i will definitely vote for the wrong date. host: are you a mineworker? what is your average salary? caller: about 120,000 per year. is 0 now. host: lost your job? caller: yes. he said he would destroy a anyone who worked with col. he is pretty much done it. no one can get a mine permit. the cannot get a permit to run a preparation plant. host: were you...
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i support barack obama. he reflects the views and valueshost: josh shapiro is the chair commissioners. of the pennsylvania republican party. a response on our twitter page. caller: i ran as an independent representatives two years ago either party. there are issues within the states that need to be addressed. it switches between parties at the attorney general has been of one party for 30 years now. also a sharing or splitting of responsibilities. i am not an advocate for both parties being the only way to vote. i will get to my points or questions. button on the ballot that allows an voter to magically select all party line voting. i believe that is unconstitutional. i am surprised we do not get any data on how many times that button was selected in the past elections. we will probably not see that in the upcoming elections. host: we have a response beginning with josh shapiro. the state house. we work to make our elections accessible by extending the time frame for early voting. having early voting. all of
i support barack obama. he reflects the views and valueshost: josh shapiro is the chair commissioners. of the pennsylvania republican party. a response on our twitter page. caller: i ran as an independent representatives two years ago either party. there are issues within the states that need to be addressed. it switches between parties at the attorney general has been of one party for 30 years now. also a sharing or splitting of responsibilities. i am not an advocate for both parties being the...
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number one, explain why obama deserves not to be reelected. the other is to explain why he deserves to be reelected. as well as giving some ideas of the roots of his values. this is an introduction to america at large. he did a good job. >> it was a fairly good speech. it reintroduced romney to the american public. i will still vote for president obama. >> i watched the convention. i am impressed. i was undecided. now i am decided. in romney supporter. >> i am an obama supporter. romney will have to start all over. record against what romney has done. there is no comparison. >> president obama needs to finish what he started. >> met rodney did a fabulous job. >> watch coverage. >> howard university posted discussions thursday about the youths vote no. but 2012. vote -- vote in 2012. they also talked about new state laws requiring voter i.d. and registration requirements. this is about one hour and 45 minutes. thank you. i am going to ask you to do something different. how many of you saw the poll that saul met ronnie but the african-american c
number one, explain why obama deserves not to be reelected. the other is to explain why he deserves to be reelected. as well as giving some ideas of the roots of his values. this is an introduction to america at large. he did a good job. >> it was a fairly good speech. it reintroduced romney to the american public. i will still vote for president obama. >> i watched the convention. i am impressed. i was undecided. now i am decided. in romney supporter. >> i am an obama...
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we talk about barack obama putting a coalition together. that's been true in north carolina for some time for folks both black and white who compete certainly on the democratic side. case in point, in the current state legislature, there are i think about seven african-americans in the state senate, none of them represent the african-american state constituency. however, it's important because that is a trend that is likely to be changed and it is likely to be changed because of party competition. so that's going to be an important question that comes up during the course of the year. two other issues that are going to be relevant to the upcoming election involve voter i.d. laws. republicans have also taken basically a template that was devised in conservative think tappings and taken it around to a large number of statements to be adopted in the president's election, so you can only cast a ballot if you present photo i.d. of a certain type issued by a government to indicate you are who you say you are. now, it turns out that most of the fo
we talk about barack obama putting a coalition together. that's been true in north carolina for some time for folks both black and white who compete certainly on the democratic side. case in point, in the current state legislature, there are i think about seven african-americans in the state senate, none of them represent the african-american state constituency. however, it's important because that is a trend that is likely to be changed and it is likely to be changed because of party...
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caller: obama of's idea -- i lived in not see germany and i can tell you that obama campaigns on social justice and all you will get is your fair shot at poverty. there will be no rich people. everyone will be very poor. socialism does not work. america was built on personal responsibility. my message to all of you to not sell your vote so she believed for government handouts. spend less on food stamps. take it from me. i have the experience. this is my message. host: marco in miami. you are on the air. caller: how are you doing? hello? hello? how're you doing? host: we are listening. caller: i'm an independent cuban-american and i'm voting no, simply because i know the obama administration was handed after the republican george bush presidency was handed a bill of sale that was not any good. they did not fund the two wars that the republicans got us into. the romney campaign is just more of the same. that's why i'm supporting our president. i think that is the patriotic thing to do. republicans have been on patriotic in how the have infiltrated the president. this guy is a continuation
caller: obama of's idea -- i lived in not see germany and i can tell you that obama campaigns on social justice and all you will get is your fair shot at poverty. there will be no rich people. everyone will be very poor. socialism does not work. america was built on personal responsibility. my message to all of you to not sell your vote so she believed for government handouts. spend less on food stamps. take it from me. i have the experience. this is my message. host: marco in miami. you are on...
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barack obama voted against that. he is opposed to providing basic medical attention to a child who is born alive. that is a radical position. we have seen, as you mentioned earlier, akin and murdock saying they are radical, it's radical to see a helpless newborn child who happens to survive an abortion to be shoved aside in acorn to allow to die, to be forced to die. that's radical. and the issue of religion, i do think president obama has gone to church. that is interesting. the pew research polling on this shows that many americans, majority of americans want to see their elected officials have some affiliation with religion and recognition of god. i don't think obvious how far that goes there is not agreement on that. in part, it's because they want to know that the leaders have some sense of accountability to a higher authority when they can't be watching the folks they have elected, they know god is watching. there is a desire in the country who want to see some religious affiliation and acknowledgement of god o
barack obama voted against that. he is opposed to providing basic medical attention to a child who is born alive. that is a radical position. we have seen, as you mentioned earlier, akin and murdock saying they are radical, it's radical to see a helpless newborn child who happens to survive an abortion to be shoved aside in acorn to allow to die, to be forced to die. that's radical. and the issue of religion, i do think president obama has gone to church. that is interesting. the pew research...
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blaming the obama administration for the mass in the middle east because of obama's policy. as i recall, one year ago condoleezza rice and members of the bush administration were tripping over one another to claim that they were the ones responsible for the arab uprising, they were the ones who planted the seeds of democracy by starting these wars in a iraq that cost so much in terms of life and money. the other assertion that the obama health care plan is going to ruin our system -- national geographic two years ago had a comparison of the cost expended per capita by various european nations. portugal spent $2,500 per person per year on health care and was better off in terms of mortality and the united states, paying over three times more. guest: i do not believe it. when you see the flow in the different direction, i will believe it. when you see more americans going to europe for health care rather than europeans coming here for health care, then i will buy the european system or at least part of that argument. in terms of the so-called arab spring, the president, when h
blaming the obama administration for the mass in the middle east because of obama's policy. as i recall, one year ago condoleezza rice and members of the bush administration were tripping over one another to claim that they were the ones responsible for the arab uprising, they were the ones who planted the seeds of democracy by starting these wars in a iraq that cost so much in terms of life and money. the other assertion that the obama health care plan is going to ruin our system -- national...
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number one, blaming the obama administration for the mess in the middle east, because of obama's polices, as i recall a year ago, condoleezza rice and the other members of the bush administration were tripping over one another to claim that they were the ones responsible for the arab uprising, that they were the ones that planted the seed of democracy by starting these wars in iraq that cost is much in terms of life and money, and this other assertion that the obama health care plan is going to ruin our system, national geographic magazine two years ago had a comparison of the costs spent her capita by various european nations and little portugal, spending about $2500 per person, per year on health care had better outcomes in infant mortality than the united states, which is paying three times more. guest: i don't believe it. when you see the flow happen in the different direction, then i'll believe it. what do i mean by that. when we see more americans going to europe for health care rather than europeans coming here for health care, then i will buy the european system or at least part
number one, blaming the obama administration for the mess in the middle east, because of obama's polices, as i recall a year ago, condoleezza rice and the other members of the bush administration were tripping over one another to claim that they were the ones responsible for the arab uprising, that they were the ones that planted the seed of democracy by starting these wars in iraq that cost is much in terms of life and money, and this other assertion that the obama health care plan is going to...
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thursday, vice president joe biden and president barack obama. use our convention have to make an share video clips. >> in the end, that is what this election is about. do we participate in a politics of cynicism, or to participate in a politics of hope? john kerry called on us to hope. john edwards calls on us to hope. i am not talking about blind optimism, the almost willful ignorance that thinks unemployment will go away if you do not think about it, or our health care crisis will solve itself if we ignore it. i am talking about something more substantial. >> connect with other c-span viewers with twitter and google hangouts/ c-span.org/campaign2012. >> the british house of commons returns from its summer recess this week. you can see prime minister's questions live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 2, and again at 9:00 p.m. eastern and pacific time. >> next, vice president biden on the campaign trail in green bay, wisconsin. he pointed out differences between the obama administration policy on taxes, medicare, and health care, than those of pres
thursday, vice president joe biden and president barack obama. use our convention have to make an share video clips. >> in the end, that is what this election is about. do we participate in a politics of cynicism, or to participate in a politics of hope? john kerry called on us to hope. john edwards calls on us to hope. i am not talking about blind optimism, the almost willful ignorance that thinks unemployment will go away if you do not think about it, or our health care crisis will...